Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-18
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Men create dynssties and zee them
crumble; on these fragments other gener
atoms build, only to be followed in their
turn by those VINO would rear, despite
the ruins Of the past, governmental struct-
ures whose duration should cease Only
when time shall be no more. Futile are
their ef0rts-alike all tumble to deca7,
and kingdoms with their records fade
INTO a bare memory, and are often wholly
| obliterGted. WCman's kingdom alont
endures. Since the Creator set mankind
| in families women have been home MAX
ers, and their presence in home how
ever primitive, has oeen subtle IIhu
ence permesting its sacred precincts.
| When Isaac brought Rebecca to lis tent
! he doubtless spared not the sikiest tieeces
Of his flock to minister to her comfort
nor found TyTian dies nor Arsby's spices
| too costly to charm her senses; queen OF
| his heart, she was queen OF his home, and
regAllv have her sisters kept the sway.
| In I'll ages, in all chimes. amid al cir
cumstaL Ces, q Woman's hand creates the
| hCmc, and never has this been more
marked than in modern times. Slowly the
! kingdom building went on, outpost after
| outpost as deserted until her right to
reign in her dominion is practically IN
disputed. Much As conVen'ionalities do
! hedge her IN, is IL not possible thar, Ike
the mountEin torrent seeking outlet, she
hiss channelled deeper and found courses
more coDgenial than il the current had
met no obstacles?
Notwithstanding that the rights
so vigorously demanded have been
long withheld, the modern house
over which presides g genuine
woman is proof conclusive that the with
holding of these rights in the past has
wrought no permanent injury, but has
rather given time and opportunity for the
culture of those traits that have in
measure become q part OF woman's na-
| ture. Think you when Queen Margaret
wrought with her msidens that wonder
| full history Of Harold now read in the
Bsyeux tapestry she wrought less for
! the future than her spouse with his
| the sculptor's chisel snd the painters
brush, not simply to perpetuate their
| beauty, but to lend artists skill in adorn-
ing homes over which she presides.
Had woman's hand held the sword, had
her voice been permitted to be heard in
legislative halls, the genius that found
its outlet in adornlng home might
have persisted at the fountain
and never lived TO CLEAN and brighten
around the freslde of nations.
| Under woman's magic touch the trans
| formation has gone on and the cave, the
hut, the simple house for needs, have
eliminated In the modern home that
might be termed a cssket of thoughts,
crystslization OF ideas. Has the resder
ever thought how much house repre-
sented? Every convenience is tes-
timony of mans consideration for Wo-
mans physical weakness; every beauty
speaks OF Woman's aspirations for the
higher and nobler that lies beyond. All
lands psy tribute to :he family, and eli
pursuits lay their trophies st the feet OF
| the woman presiding, who by her innE-
ence shall lift her race from s0rdidness
and grOvgling.
| Such e home beckons the wanderer 10
seek within its walls peace and rest. Inc
nodding flowers watt 8 welcome. ano
| singing birds nesting in its vines tell OF
beauty and happiness within its walls.
Enter, stranger Hospitality dwells mere;
warmth, light, color ere attending gem
| thst will aid in exercising evil and cail
! forth all that is gentle and rehned; the
very bench on the porch invites
rest: extreme cleanliness everywhere
spesks of purity; within evidences
abound that the directing spirit Is one
whose instincts lesd to beauty ana 70 ms
king the home life q grand sympAohy